Tale Weaver's Vampire: The Masquerade Game Board

[izillama]

Clover stared after the boy a bit sourly, muttering to herself, "Should have just told him to go die. Wonder what would have happened?"
She shrugged and made her way out of the club, walking to the bus stop without really noticing how she got there, since they had done this so many times before.
While she waited, she sighed and leaned against the post for the bus sign, watching people walk around her without even looking up. She was a dead island in a sea of human life, and her eyes scanned the masses for any sign of recognition. Finding none, she began to feel very alone. The people parted and wound around her, seeming to keep their distance from her stranger form, and she wondered if they could sense her danger as she could sense their life.
She waited. And the people began to blend one into the other. Each of them with so much purpose. Or at least believing they had so much purpose. Each of them trying to have purpose.
But there was none.
[sblock]'I am the vampire. They are the humans. It's Darwin, isn't it? Someone needs to do it. I suppose it should be us. Pick off the weak. The too-old. The too-young. The too-drunk. The un-aware. The idiot. Their purpose? Ha! At this moment I am surroundedby a living smorgasbord. Every type... any type... like ripe apples ready for the picking. Purpose. Them? With miserable, phony lives. So fake. Don't make me laugh. Even you! You lovers on the corner? You drunken fool staring at that wench across the street? You strangers? You lawyers coming home late from work--thinking your wives will really believe you spent all this time "on a case"? You quack therapist counting your bills like a petty pig? You think any of you matter? You think you can tempt me? None of you matter. And your blood will spill past me like leaves on a river. You're missing the whole point. You're the sheep blindly passing the spot where the wolf waits. And lucky for you, this wolf doesn't even care. She can't even care. Because none of you even matter to me, just like none of you even matter to anyone else. Your relationships are as fake and fleeting as your empty, pathetic lives. They can both be over in an instance! You think you know me? You think you can just disregard me? You think you can understand me? When I don't even want any of you? When I'm surrounded by a literal banquet and can't even stomach the sight of any of you!? Can you tell me how I feel? You can't even be honest with yourselves.' [/sblock]
She growled inwardly as the bus pulled up.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

Downtown Denver - The Overpass

Repair

• 1d20(+4) = 22

"Once I snap this imp in half, want to join up? My two friends and I are hunting Thaddeus, and would appreciate another gun. Oh, Clover and Ruby? They're back at the university having girl time I assume, hopefully good Christian girl time not the ordinary sleepover heretic nonsense that I know goes on, ouija boards orgies and sacrifices and whatnot. Anyway, I'm not alone, my backup is Socrates, and the Lord. Yeah, Thaddeus is as good as gone."

Lacey looks the least bit shocked about Koln randomly showing up next to her. She takes Koln's gun in one hand (in the other she has a wrench). She watches as Koln works with the car. "Wow, I didn't think to call a priest to fix my car! A demon you say? I thought it was a ghost! That darn Freddie won't get the best of me!" Lacey raises the wrench in the air.

"Once I snap this imp in half, want to join up? My two friends and I are hunting Thaddeus, and would appreciate another gun. Oh, Clover and Ruby? They're back at the university having girl time I assume, hopefully good Christian girl time not the ordinary sleepover heretic nonsense that I know goes on, ouija boards orgies and sacrifices and whatnot. Anyway, I'm not alone, my backup is Socrates, and the Lord. Yeah, Thaddeus is as good as gone." Lacey looks at the wrench and hands it to Koln. "You can use this against it. One wack on the head outta do it!" Koln takes the wrench and somehow manages to fix the car. With the imp now dead (and the car fixed) Lacey says "Well thank you, I'm glad it was a demon and not a ghost, I guess he was hiding really well in there! Where did you want to go? I was on my way to the Broadstreet. Call me crazy but I don't know if going after Thaddeus by yourself is the greatest idea. Who is Socrates? Is he your invisible friend? I used to have an invisible friend but she left me for someone else, I still cry myself to sleep because of it."

 

[Strider_Koln]

Call me crazy but I don't know if going after Thaddeus by yourself is the greatest idea. Who is Socrates? Is he your invisible friend? I used to have an invisible friend but she left me for someone else, I still cry myself to sleep because of it."

"Here's Socrates." Koln takes the small white rat from his shirt pocket to show Lacey. "He's very smart. He can hear my thoughts, sometimes before I even think them. He was going to help me kill Thaddeus. You should help too. It will be fun; it is fun to do the Lord's work. Why were you going to Broadstreet? Thaddeus is there?"

 

[Tale_Weaver]

Downtown Denver - The Overpass

"Here's Socrates." Koln takes the small white rat from his shirt pocket to show Lacey. "He's very smart. He can hear my thoughts, sometimes before I even think them. He was going to help me kill Thaddeus. You should help too. It will be fun; it is fun to do the Lord's work. Why were you going to Broadstreet? Thaddeus is there?"

Lacey croons at the rat "Aww, what a cute little rat he is. He looks like a little philosopher now doesn't he?" She goes to pet him but Socrates tries to bite her so she pulls her hand back. "Yikes! Feisty little guy!" she says.

Koln
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Socrates says "Strange lady, don't pet me!"
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Lacey responds "I was going to the Broadstreet to see Edward. I wanted to tell him about our incident with Klondike. I'm also looking for someone and I was going to ask him if he has heard of his whereabouts. Maybe we should do that before trying to kill Thaddeus, something tells me he is not going to be too happy when he finds out you want to kill him."

 

[Strider_Koln]

Lacey croons at the rat "Aww, what a cute little rat he is. He looks like a little philosopher now doesn't he?" She goes to pet him but Socrates tries to bite her so she pulls her hand back. "Yikes! Feisty little guy!" she says.

Koln
[sblock]
Socrates says "Strange lady, don't pet me!"
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Lacey responds "I was going to the Broadstreet to see Edward. I wanted to tell him about our incident with Klondike. I'm also looking for someone and I was going to ask him if he has heard of his whereabouts. Maybe we should do that before trying to kill Thaddeus, something tells me he is not going to be too happy when he finds out you want to kill him."

Koln hops in the passenger seat with his shotgun across his lap. "We will do that then. Could you tell me more about Edward's connection with Thaddeus? I think I may want to ask Ed some rather burning questions. Yes, pun intended."

 

[ladyphoenix]

Ruby turned towards Mindy who had just gotten off her cell phone. "So what did she say? Should we wait for her?" She remembers what Mindy said earlier and felt bad. "I'm sorry, I don't feel the cold and should have considered how you felt out here. We can go back inside the club again where its warm until you feel better if you like," she said with puppy eyes.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Wheels On The Bus Go Round And Round...

Clover stared after the boy a bit sourly, muttering to herself, "Should have just told him to go die. Wonder what would have happened?"
She shrugged and made her way out of the club, walking to the bus stop without really noticing how she got there, since they had done this so many times before.
While she waited, she sighed and leaned against the post for the bus sign, watching people walk around her without even looking up. She was a dead island in a sea of human life, and her eyes scanned the masses for any sign of recognition. Finding none, she began to feel very alone. The people parted and wound around her, seeming to keep their distance from her stranger form, and she wondered if they could sense her danger as she could sense their life.
She waited. And the people began to blend one into the other. Each of them with so much purpose. Or at least believing they had so much purpose. Each of them trying to have purpose.
But there was none.
She growled inwardly as the bus pulled up.

Clover has an uneventful ride back to the Broadstreet. The bus driver is not the same friendly neighborhood murderer who dropped Koln off. Clover rides back to the club on the other side of town hating the world and feeling the wretched humanity sitting around her on the bus.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

Koln hops in the passenger seat with his shotgun across his lap. "We will do that then. Could you tell me more about Edward's connection with Thaddeus? I think I may want to ask Ed some rather burning questions. Yes, pun intended."

Lacey starts the car and they drive back into the heart of the Metro Area. Lacey says "Burning sounds bad. I really don't care much for fire you know, it's pretty scarey and...and...burny! But I don't know what Eddy Prince has to do with Thaddeus. Maybe they were long lost brothers?"

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Broadstreet

Ruby turned towards Mindy who had just gotten off her cell phone. "So what did she say? Should we wait for her?" She remembers what Mindy said earlier and felt bad. "I'm sorry, I don't feel the cold and should have considered how you felt out here. We can go back inside the club again where its warm until you feel better if you like," she said with puppy eyes.

Mindy gives a shivering laugh and says "Yes, let's please go back inside. Angie is on her way back so she'll be here soon. She didn't find the crazy priest though. You know Ruby, ya might not feel the cold, but it certainly looks rather strange when you walk around in the winter weather with a summer dress on and no coat!"

Mindy and Ruby walk back into the club and it isn't too long before Koln and Lacey arrive followed by Clover getting off the bus. Not everyone is together but at least you are all at the club. Lacey spots Clover getting off the bus and says to Koln "Hey look, it's your friend who messes with your head!"

 

[Strider_Koln]

If Koln had a heart it'd be beating against his ribcage as he stepped out of the truck, leaving behind his shotgun but keeping his firegun on him. He thought for a moment of leaving that behind as well, but he feels compelled to keep it, 'for insurance' he thinks.

However he knows how this is going to go. Edward's blood be damned. Koln is here to get answers. He will do it. Thaddeus will meet his end. Edward too. This will be his ultimate battle. It is good that Ruby and Clover are not here; without worry of harm coming to them, he is free to fulfill his destiny.

He can hear it ringing in his ears, that music, coming from the heavens and through the cloudy polluted night sky, reverberating throughout the ground and walls. A heavenly ballad, but twisted, dark, sorrowful... this will be his Ballad of Fallen Angels. Every magazine will be spent, every ounce of blood spilled, and by sunrise the nightmare will end. He doesn't plan on dying tonight, not while Ruby waits for him. But if he should fall, he knows she will understand, even if everyone can't - her included. It is indeed good they are not here to see this.

"...So, I thought I could only see patches of reality, never the whole picture. I felt like I was watching a dream I could never wake up from. Before I knew it, the dream was over..."

Koln's hand moves inside his coat, reaching for the holster that holds his firegun, whispering to himself, "My cause is just... my will is strong... and my gun is very very large."

"Hey look, it's your friend who messes with your head!"

Koln's eyes clench in frustration as he lowers his hands to his waist. He makes two tight fists angrily as he appears as if he's about to throw a tempter-tantrum.

Koln looks over his shoulder to see his fears are confirmed.

"I think I'm in trouble Lacey..."